SKY655 - FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IN HEALTH INSTITUTIONS

Course Name Code Semester Theory
(hours/week)
Application
(hours/week)
Credit ECTS
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IN HEALTH INSTITUTIONS SKY655 1st Semester 3 0 3 7
PrequisitesNo
Course languageTurkish
Course typeElective 
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-Face 
Learning and teaching strategiesLecture
Discussion
Question and Answer
Team/Group Work
Preparing and/or Presenting Reports
Case Study
 
Instructor (s)Faculty Members 
Course objectiveTo make the students aware of description of financial objectives and financial function in the view of general and hospital enterprises, defining of financial organization in general and hospital enterprises, financial management in state hospitals, business budgets as a mean of financial budget, financial management policies general and hospital enterprises 
Learning outcomes
  1. At the end of this course, the student will be able to learn about tools of financial report, determining firm value and value management, financial planning methods, working capital management, cash management, accounts receivable management, stock management, capital budgeting and investment decision, risky investment projECTS evaluation, liabilities management, equities management, capital costs and pricing.
Course ContentTools of financial report, determining firm value and value management, financial planning methods, working capital management, cash management, accounts receivable management, stock management, capital budgeting and investment decision, risky investment projECTS evaluation, liabilities management, equities management, capital costs and pricing. 
References1. OECD and World Bank (2008) OECD Sağlık Sistemi İncelemeleri: Türkiye. OECD ve Dünya Bankası.
2. Tatar M, Mollahaliloğlu S, Şahin B, Aydın S, Maresso A, Hernández- Quevedo C. Turkey: Health system review. Health Systems in Transition, 2011, 13(6):1?186.
3. Akar, Çetin; Sağlık Kurumlarında Finansal Yönetim Ders Notları, Hacettepe Üniversitesi Sağlık İdaresi Yüksekokulu, Ankara, 2002
4. Akar Çetin - Özgülbaş, Nermin; Sağlık Kurumlarında Finansal Yönetim, Anadolu Üniversitesi Açık Öğretim Fakültesi Ders Kitabı, Eskişehir, 2002
5. Akgüç, Öztin, Finansal Yönetim, İstanbul Üniversitesi İşletme Fakültesi Yayını, İstanbul, 1998.
6. Cleverley, William O.-Cameron Andrevv E.;Essentials of Health Care Finance, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Massachusetts, 2007.
 

Course outline weekly

WeeksTopics
Week 1Financial systems as to types of health institutions and tools of financial report
Week 2To determine firm value and manage in health institutions
Week 3Short turn financial planning methods in health institutions
Week 4Long turn financial planning methods in health institutions
Week 5Seminar: Working capital management in health institutions
Week 6Seminar: Cash management in health institutions
Week 7Mindterm Exam
Week 8Seminar: Accounts receivable management in health institutions
Week 9Seminar: Stock management in health institutions
Week 10Seminar: Capital budgeting and investment decision in health institutions
Week 11Seminar: Risky investment projECTS evaluation in health institutions
Week 12Seminar: Liabilities management in health institutions
Week 13Seminar: Equities management in health institutions
Week 14Seminar: Capital costs and pricing
Week 15Preparation for the Final Exam
Week 16Final Exam

Assesment methods

Course activitiesNumberPercentage
Attendance00
Laboratory00
Application00
Field activities00
Specific practical training00
Assignments110
Presentation120
Project00
Seminar610
Midterms120
Final exam140
Total100
Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes050
Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes050
Total100

WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION

Activities Number Duration (hour) Total Work Load
Course Duration (x14) 14 3 42
Laboratory 0 0 0
Application000
Specific practical training000
Field activities000
Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect)14570
Presentation / Seminar Preparation000
Project14848
Homework assignment000
Midterms (Study duration)12020
Final Exam (Study duration) 13030
Total Workload31106210

Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes

D.9. Key Learning OutcomesContrubition level*
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1. To have knowledge about theoretical and practical information related to the field of health management and to be able to implement this knowledge   X 
2. To gain knowledge and skills on understanding, analyzing and directing administrative, financial, technical and medical process of health organizations X   
3. To understand basic elements of health system in national and international level, to comprehend health planning and health policy, to analyze health sector economic and financially    X
4. To have knowledge and skills to make advanced quantitative and qualitative analyses in health management and to be able to implement this knowledgeX    
5. Critical and innovative thinking in problems faced during health management process, having the ability to use scientific methods and technics in decision making and problem solving   X 
6. Following the changes in the field of health care management and have the ability to provide specific solutions related health care system of the country   X 
7. Acting in accordance with the ethical principles of scientific research, publication and management   X 

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest